Re: sniff mode

Marcel Holtmann
2009-08-26T18:04:51Z

Hi Ville,

> >>>> It is just me or hci_conn_enter_active_mode will never do what its
> >>>> name suggests. This check will always succeed:
> >>>>
> >>>> if (conn->mode != HCI_CM_SNIFF || !conn->power_save)
> >>>> goto timer;
> >>> so conn->power_save is used to disable automatic sniff mode for incoming
> >>> connections. Mainly HID since they manager it by themselves.
> >> Hmm, but this seems to be done for any device regardless of its type.
> >> So for example we start sending/receiving data to a headset it will
> >> triggers hci_conn_enter_active_mode which I thought would exit sniff
> >> mode, right? (yep, I have seem some headset that doesn't leave sniff
> >> mode by their own).
> >
> > I said this before. We need a socket option for L2CAP and RFCOMM that
> > can trigger leaving sniff mode even if the remote device initiated the
> > connection.
> >
>
> I guess I need to take this on my TODO list. Or is some one already
> working on this?

go ahead. I am not working on it and I don't know of anybody else who
has plans for it.

Regards

Marcel